And Richard Long’s Autumn Circle Originaly posted on Medium August 20, 2021 Have you had moments with beautiful strangers that remain with you? My moment happened in 1995. The new Mario Botta-designed SFMOMA building had just opened. My friend Rob and I were set to explore it with our photography class. We were young and impetuous, which made us, ever so slightly, very obnoxious museum visitors. We explored all the floors making our way finally […]
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Often when you are deep in the middle of building something you forget to take a moment to celebrate your accomplishments. This is sometimes the case at Flux Foundation. We are so busy building we forget to take a moment to celebrate. In this case I am pausing for a quick moment to celebrate our newest interactive sculpture, Carousel. Carousel has been commissioned by the Abundance Foundation for Making, Thinking, Understanding, a Project Zero Perspectives conference. At Project Zero […]
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In order to write this I have to end my ALS silence. Most of you don’t know my father has ALS. He was diagnosed over a year ago. This disease is all too real for me, my family and my father. The Ice Bucket challenge may be silly or frivolous to you, but to me each bucket of ice water means hope. It means hope for the future battle of ALS. Each bucket also means […]
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“The disembodiment of everyday life I have been tracing is a majority experience, part of automobilzation and sububanization. But walking has sometimes been, at least since the late eighteenth century, an act of resistance to the mainstream” – Rebecca Solnit, Wonderlust In our everyday as we move we are usually disconnected from our physical actions and their effects on the immediate environment, because velocity and space conspire to erase any sense of specific encounter. In a very real […]
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I have been taking an online course though Penn State – Creativity, Innovation, and Change – so far its interesting. It was developed from the engineering department. I have been especially interested in how engineers look at “Creativity.” In the course material they included a link to Chris Staley’s video discussing the topic Liking mistakes Liking mistakes – This is a rather beautiful way to look at mistakes. They can tell our story and connect us to […]
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Drawing its inspiration from canyons carved by wind and water over time, the Temple of Flux (2010) was commissioned by Burning Man for their 2010 event. It rose from the Black Rock Desert floor as a series of five graceful double-curved walls, structures mirroring its surrounding landscape. The walls stood in an overlapping, linear layout, allowing access from all sides via passages of varying widths between them. Oriented to the passages of the sun and moon, the […]
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How do you communicate with an international audience about biomass power? To create an easily understood message these coconut power posters were the solution. A series of these posters were developed for a print and web campaign.
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Working in collaboration with Genentech’s gRide program coordinators I developed several forms of their DNA Shuttle map. The DNA shuttle is the on campus employee transportation system. The employees needed a quick-and-easy to understand system. I developed shuttle stop maps, pocket maps, system brochures and other collateral.
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To support their goal of having over 50% of employees using alternative forms of commuting Genentech’s gRide program is always looking for partnership organizations to work with, one such program is Connect by Hertz. In development of the creative for this program we utilized the familiar gRide color palate in conjunction with Connect by Hertz’ messaging and design. To introduce the program a series of co-branded posters were developed for a print and web campaign.
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Genentech’s South San Francisco campus is a grand and beautiful location. Easy to understand signage becomes invaluable in the daily navigation of the large campus. Working with Genentech’s gRide staff we have developed signage distributed throughout the campus to help locate GenenBus stops, Shuttle Stops, Preferred parking locations, etc.
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